Americans Abroad: Weekend Rewind

Charlie Davies continued his scoring ways as he net the lone Americans Abroad goal of the weekend in Hammarby's 1-0 win over Malmo FF. Davies' goal, which came in the 57th minute, was his fourth of the season and further established him as the team's leading scorer.

U.S. national team defender Oguchi Onyewu and Standard Liege forced a two-game playoff to decide the Belgian League championship with a 1-0 win vs. KAA Gent. Liege now faces Anderlecht

Maurice Edu also had a solid weekend, going 90 minutes in Ranger's 2-1 win against Aberdeen. The win once again put Rangers in first place of the Scottish Premier League with one game to go.

Midfielder Michael Bradley's weekend was not as bright. Bradley and Borussia Moenchengladbach let a golden opportunity to maintain themselves in Bundesliga 1 next season slip away as they were crushed 5-0 at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen. Moenchengladbach can still assure themselves of another season in Germany's top flight with a win in against Borussia Dortmund in the season finale.

Here is how the rest of the Americans Abroad fared this weekend:

England

PREMIERSHIP

Tim Howard started, played 90 minutes and made three saves in Everton's 3-1 win vs. West Ham on Saturday.

Brad Friedel started, played 90 minutes and made four saves in Aston Villa's 1-1 draw vs. Middlesborugh on Saturday.

Brad Guzan dressed but did not play in Aston Villa's 1-1 draw vs. Middlesbrough on Saturday.

Clint Dempsey started, played 90 minutes and received a yellow card in Fulham's 1-0 win vs. Newcastle United on Saturday.

Jonathan Spector came off the bench, played 45 minutes and received a yellow card in West Ham's 3-1 loss vs. Everton on Saturday.

COCA COLA CHAMPIONSHIP

Jay DeMerit and Watford have finished their season.

Eddie Johnson and Cardiff City have finished their season.

Frank Simek and Sheffield Wednesday have finished their season.

Marcus Hahnemann and Reading have finished their season. Hahnemann has been released from the club.

LEAGUE ONE

Jemal Johnson did not dress in MK Dons' 0-0 tie vs. Scunthorpe United on Friday.

Zak Whitbread started and played 90 minutes in Millwall's 1-1 tie vs. Leeds United on Thursday.

Mike Grella came off the bench and played one minute for Leeds.

Ian Joyce and Southend United have finished their season.

Scotland

Maurice Edu started and played 90 minutes in Rangers' 2-1 win vs. Aberdeen on Saturday.

DaMarcus Beasley did not dress in Rangers' 2-1 win vs. Aberdeen on Saturday.

What do you think of these performances? Do you see Davies' goal-scoring ways translating over to another league if he transfers this summer? Will Edu and Rangers win the Scottish title next week? Is Bradley and Moenchengladbach's loss a cause for concern?

Very exciting to see davies thriving in a european league, even if a smaller one. Hopefully this will open doors to bigger clubs during the summertime, I remember sochaux from ligue 1 being interested in him earlier.

Essientally, Davies is building a portfolio. He needs to go to France to improve the sharpness of his passing. I see Davies fittig in as a right-winger/forward and France develops those kinds of players. Ex: Florent Malouda and Frank Ribery. I’ve only seen Davies shine in games indiviudually. I’d like to see him perform better in games where a team effort is required; like the Sweden game.

Edu could go to France or Italy, too. He seems to be improving his defensive game majorly, which was already great. He needs some help with his passing as well; sometimes his passe will be really creative and sharp, while other times it’ll be really erratic.

Thanks for the descriptions, I don’t watch Mexican league mathes often and your report helps bring it to life.

Good experience for Edu getting minutes in big matches down the stretch. Espeically, with full stadiums in hostile atmosphere’s. Rumor is Steven Davis is going back to Premirship or Championship next season. That may open a spot for Edu to become a full time starter.

Eddie Johnson is currently back @ Fulham training. He actually would have had a decent chance to make an appearance this week had Spurs not scored a late goal because that would have meant Fulham solidified 7th place and could play several fringe players as the result would not mean anything…now however it appears that they need at least a draw if Spurs somehow win impressively enough to make up 5 goals against Liverpool who have very little to play for minus the home fans adoration.

If Fulham wins on Saturday or even if they draw mosy likely then they will qualify for the Europa League as they will finish 7th in the league with a win and the other spot would normally go to the winner of the FA Cup but Everton and Chelsea already have places in Europe so it goes to the 7th place finisher.

Whats with all the hate towards Rossi? He made a move he felt was in his best interest; I would never knock a man for doing something he wanted to even if it meant he sat on the Italian national team bench.
Also please save the space, if a player didn’t do anything, its boring to read didn’t dress or was on the bench, is that an achievement? That’s more of an insult than an update.

The reason Ives needs to report out on guys, even if they didn’t do anything is to keep everyone in the loop. Imagine if there was no update on Freddy Adu? There would be 50 posts saying, “What happened with Freddy this weekend?”